New Mexico · Off-grid & homestead potential
Curry County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $162k) and deep isolation — 95 mi to the nearest city. The trade-offs: modest rainfall (17″/yr) and poor cropland soil.
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Curry County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $162k) and deep isolation — 95 mi to the nearest city. Watch-outs: modest rainfall (17″/yr) and poor cropland soil.
Land in Curry County runs about $763 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Curry County gets about 17" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 44.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 95 miles away, and population density is 33.6 people per square mile.